Operations DevOps, Team Lead - TS​/SCI assistance

Job Description

Make an impact on a mission that matters. At GDIT, we advance the mission with every action—because what we do is bigger than ourselves. As an Operations Team Lead, you will guide a high‑performing Dev Ops/Operations team responsible for ensuring the security, resilience, and reliability of critical systems hosted in Open Shift. If you’re energized by leading people, solving tough operational challenges, and collaborating directly with mission partners and government customers, this role is for you.

This is a Key Personnel position supporting an intelligence customer. We’re looking for a leader who brings strong Operations and Systems Administration expertise, team management experience, excellent communication skills, and enough development/scripting background to help automate, configure, and enhance deployments.

• Lead and mentor an Operations/Dev Ops team supporting multi‑environment system sustainment, administration, maintenance, and user support
• Prioritize and distribute work across the team, ensuring timely issue resolution and operational excellence
• Collaborate directly with users and government customers to understand requirements, communicate system status, and ensure mission outcomes
• Perform system administration, troubleshooting, testing, and security operations
• Maintain and update operational documentation including SOPs, SLAs, and system guides
• Receive code from development teams and complete system builds, hardening, configuration, and deployment automation
• Support and enhance CI/CD deployment workflows and security scans
• Manage PKI certificates, system configurations, and operational compliance
• Develop Helm charts for Open Shift deployments and support Infrastructure as Code practices
• Design and monitor user and system metrics to ensure performance, reliability, and readiness across all environments

• TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph
• Bachelor’s degree in IT or STEM Field
• 7+ years leading teams in operations, sustainment, administration, security, or integration
• 5+ years implementing DoD/IC cybersecurity requirements
• 3+ years working with cloud technologies
• Minimum of IAT Level II certification (Security+) with IAT Level III certification preferred
• Experience supporting Agile/SAFe environments
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage users and government customers
• Knowledge of containerization, monitoring, logging, networking, and security

• Experience with geospatial system operations
• CISSP or CISM
• Familiarity with configuration/change management processes
• Experience with integrated software delivery, CI/CD pipelines (Git Lab, ArgoCD), and ticketing tools (Service Now, Jira)
• Knowledge of Kubernetes/Open Shift
• Background in system engineering or project management
• Experience with Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible, or similar IaC tools
• Ability to automate tasks using Python or Bash
• Experience enhancing existing code and contributing to system architecture

• Mission‑focused work with real impact
• Opportunities to lead, innovate, and shape how critical systems operate
• Collaborative teams and a culture built on trust and empowerment
• Professional growth and continuous learning
• Competitive benefits and industry‑leading support

Lead the team that keeps the mission moving. Help secure today and shape tomorrow.

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